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Childhood TB Training Toolkit

Teaching Guide
Childhood TB Training Toolkit

The purpose of this training toolkit is to build the capacity of health care workers to address and manage TB in children. The toolkit consists of ten modules. Topics include epidemiology of childhood TB, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, TB/HIV co-infection, multidrug-resistant TB, and community-based child TB management.

Author:

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), World Health Organization, Global TB Programme, The Union, IUATLD (previous acronym)

Audiences:

Health Professionals, International Agencies

Topic:

Children, Diagnosis, HIV Co-infection, MDR TB, TB Treatment, Comprehensive TB Material

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